Autumn Reindeer

This week at the Polkadoodles challenge the theme is Autumn Colours, I have used the Sundae Of Seasons for the backing paper and leaves, and the main image which is coloured with Aquamarkers is a Stamp Doodles PDSD011. And the butterflies are made using the butterfly stamp from the fairy flutterfly Meeshelle set. The winner will receive a special blinkie for use on their blog and something scrummy from Polka Doodles! Runners-up will also receive Blinkies!


This is also for:-
1. Papertake Weekly - Sparkly And Bright
2. Crafty Creations - challenge # 91 - Autumn
3. Creative Inspiration Wednesday - challenge 84 - Brown, Sage and Cream


Thanks for popping by my blog, hope you all have a good weekend
Happy crafting
Tracy x

For Our Son

This week at Die Cut Dreams we have the theme of "Stars and Stripes for a boy". Everyone on the team have done gorgeous creations and always there's a fab prize up for grabs.
This is for Scott, my eldest son's birthday, he also loves House Mouse just like his mum, and like his little brother Bobby also loves animals. So I know he'll love this image.


This is also for:-
1. Truly Scrumptious - challenge 43 - sketch
2. Fussy & Fancy - Challenge # 22 -Winter Wonderland


Recipe:-
Stamps - House Mouse HMOR1093 Artic Freeze, Dove craft sentiments, flourish stamp,
Papers - Forever Friends just for him,
Colouring Mediums - distress inks,
Tools - star punch,
Embellishments - button, thread, stickles, brad,



Have a good week, thanks for popping by
Happy crafting
Tracy x

Baby Boy Hanger

This week at Polkadoodles challenge the theme is "New Baby", I thought i'd have a change for this challenge and I've made a door hanger, I have used the bear from the Sundae Of Seasons, and the papers are from Sugar Birdies. The butterfly is a stamp from the Fairy Flutterfly's Meeshelle, which can all be found here at the Polkadoodles shop.
The winner will receive a special blinkie for use on their blog and something scrummy from Polka Doodles! Runners-up will also receive Blinkies!


This is for the following challenges:-
1. Aud Sentiments - challenge 13 - something to do with a baby
2. Just Cute Bears - challenge 37 - Baby creation (use gingham and ribbon)
3. Flutterby Wednesday - challenge #127 - open challenge



Hope you all have a good weekend and thank you for stopping by my blog.
Happy crafting
Tracy x

I Don't do bugs

Yes i'm on a roll, I now have all my sons birthday cards done. He'll be 15 on sunday, but loves the House Mouse images, he finds them amusing. So I have let Bobby choose one, and like a four year old found this funny, the bird feeding the mice worms.

Now i'll be able to concentrate on some DT work. Sorry for the photo, another couple of weeks and I should have a new camera, my daughters just doesn't take very clear ones as there isn't the function for close ups, quite a basic camera.


This is for:-

1. Papertake Weekly - Sketch

2. House Mouse - challenge # 80 - Monochromatic


There is still time to enter our Autumn challenge over at Sir Stampalot challenge blog too, check it out there's a great prize up for grabs.


Recipe:-

Stamps - House Mouse HMOR1053 I don't do bugs, Dove craft sentiments,

Papers - Polkadoodles Sundae Of Seasons found here,

Colouring Medium - Distress Inks,

Embellishments - brads,


Happy crafting

Tracy x

Blowing Dandelions

Another House Mouse creation, I just love these critters, they are so adorable. This is for my eldest Scott, whose birthday is on Sunday, Jodie chose the image as it is something they do to each other when the odd dandelion appears in our garden or when they find them on our walks with the dogs.


This is for the following challenges:-

1. House Mouse - challenge # 80 - Monochromatic

2. A Pocket Full Of Posies - challenge # 9 - Celebration


Recipe:-

Stamps - House Mouse HMUR1002 Blowing Dandelions, Dovecraft sentiment,

Papers - Daisy & Dandelion,

Colouring Medium - Distress inks

Tools - Nesties, cuttlebug, distressing tool,

Embellishments- buttons, thred, ribbon, stickles,


Hope your having a good week and thank you for popping by my blog.

Happy crafting

Tracy x

Fetish Manga

Over at Oldie But A Goodie challenge the theme this week is to "Add A Butterfly", and the lovely Debs has chosen the this theme. I adore butterflies so I added four Lol!
We are sponsered this week by Robyn's Fetish Papers and their papers are gorgeous. I have used two on my creation, and their colours and patterns co-ordinate with each other perfectly.


Sorry for the rubbish photo as my camera has gone on the blink, just waiting to get a new one and meanwhile i'm using my daughters which is very basic.


This is also for the following challenges:-
1. Simon Says Stamp - Recipe (1 image, 2 papers, 3 embellishments - gems, ribbon, butterflies)
2. Craftalicious - challenge 10 - Anything goes.
3. Cute Card Thursday - challenge 134 - What's Buggin' You (4 butterflies)
4. Top Tip Tuesday - #7 - Anything Goes


Recipe:-
Stamps -Sugar Nellie, Polkadoodles butterfly stamp,
Papers - Robyns Fetish,
Colouring Mediums - Distress Inks,
Tools - scalloped punch, butterfly punch,
Embellishments - gems, ribbon, stickles,


Happy crafting
Tracy x

Back to the 80's

The challenge theme this week is a colour combo, over at Die Cut Dreams. The colours are wait for it, are you ready.......................................Orange and Hot Pink.
Well it has made me think, a real challenge, not two colours I would put together at all. All i could think of with these colours was the 80's, vibrant fingerless gloves and leg warmers. My daughter wears them now in blacks, reds etc, a bit more of gothic colours I think. But she thinks they have invented them and doesn't believe I have already been there Lol!

So thank you Pops, my birthday present came in handy. I have used 80's Anya from TGF.


This is for the following challenges:-

1. ABC Challenges - F is for Flowers


Recipe:-

Stamps - TGF 80's Anya, Sentiment ticket Bizzy becs, Polkadoodles Poinsettia stamp

Papers - Dovecraft Wild Blossom,

Colouring Mediums - H20's, Distress Inks,

Tools - Nesties, cuttlebug, flower punches,

Embellishments - gems, stickles, ribbon,


Have a great week and thank you for popping by

Happy crafting

Tracy x

Autumn Leaves

Well I have never done this before, used two stamped images this way. I also have never tried to make a scene before, like I have with these leaf stamps. And just look at that backing paper, it reminds me of a wallpaper my mum had in our kitchen when I was a kid.


This is for the following challenges:-
1. Penny Black Saturday - week 122 - 2 or more images
2. Penny Black At Allsorts - October challenge - Colours Autumn
3. Crafty Cardmakers - challenge 31 - Step away from the square (hope a rectangle DL counts, if not please delete)
4. A Pocket Full Of Posies - challenge # 8 - Autumn Leaves
5. Totally Papercrafts - challenge # 38 - Autumn


Just got back from Minor Injuries A&E at our walk-in centre, as my daughter Jodie has sprained the muscle and ligament in her thumb, and has had to have it strapped up. She did it first thing this morning on the way to school on the school bus, she was holding one of the rails and someones bag handle get wrapped round her thumb and when the young girl walked off it pulled Jodie's thumb back.
School was very good and put ice on it as soon as she went to first Aid, then when the swelling wasn't going down and the pain wasn't easing, called me to pick her up.
They were really quick at A&E to say she had x-ray's too, in and out within the hour. Strapped it up and told to take Paracetamol for the pain.
Jodie's fine, but sad she can't do P.E. for at least a week.

Not many days go by in our house without some kind of drama Lol !



Recipe:-
Stamps - Penny Black, Daisy & Dandelion Sentiment,
Papers - Papermanis Capsule,
Colouring Mediums - Distress Inks,
Embellishments - Ribbon, flowers, stickles,


Have a great weekend and Thank you for popping by my blog
Happy crafting
Tracy x

Something Spooky

Polkadoodles challenge this week is "Something Spooky", everything on my card is from the Sundae Of Seasons Cd-Rom. I added glitter and ribbon to finish it off. The CD-Rom is so easy to work with and like the title suggests there is something for everyone on it.
the winner will receive a special blinkie for use on their blog and something scrummy from Polka Doodles! Runners-up will also receive Blinkies!
Please pop on over and see the fabulous creations made by the rest of the team.


This is also for:-
1. Fussy And Fancy - challenge 21 - Halloween
2. By The Cute And Girly - October - Spooky
3. Cupcake Crafts - challenge 112 - Scary Creatures
4. Creative Craft Challenge - Trick Or Treat
5. crafts And Me - challenge # 15 - Halloween
6. Moving along with the times - challenge 68 - Halloween
7. Stampin For The Weekend - challenge 49 - Halloween/Fall


It is the new challenge for this month October over at Sir Stampalot.

The prize for this month is:-




Have a great week and thankyou for popping by my blog.
Happy crafting
Tracy x

Halloween

I made this Halloween card for my friends little girl, she is 4 and absolutely mad on anything halloweeny, I used House Mouse Pumpkins and Ghosts (HMOR 1087) for the front step. And I wanted this to be fun for her with lots to look at, as she has some disabilities.

This is also for the following challenges:-
1. The Fuzzy Wuzzy Challenges - October - More than one image
2. Simon Says Stamp - Halloween
3. Aud Sentiments - challenge # 12 - Any Halloween Sentiment
4. Allsorts - week 73 - Inspiration from a song (I went with Monster Mash by Bobby 'Boris' Pickett and the Cryptkickers, and did some thing really stupid, I "You Tubed" it then couldn't get the song out of my head.)
5. Lets Ink It Up - challenge # 4 - Halloween colours (the main image is a House Mouse stamp, but I have used some digi's for the background.)


It is the new challenge for this month October over at Sir Stampalot. The theme is Autumn Breezes, Buttons And Bows.
The prize for this month is:-




Hope your having a great weekend and thank you for popping by.
Happy crafting
Tracy x

Get Well Soon

There's a great theme this week at Die Cut Dreams of "get Well Soon" and we all know somebody who feels under the weather. So what a great chance to make a card for them. As always there's a great prize on offer and the rest of the team have done wonderful creations too so pop on by and take a peek.


I would like to enter this into the following challenges:_

1. Crafty Creations - challenge # 88 - sketch

2. Flutterby Wednesday - #125 - open theme

3. Passion For Promarkers - week 72 - Recycled (I have used the gold ribbon from a gold chocolate bunny)

4. Colour Create - challenge 55 - Pink, Green and Cream, + optional frosting

5. Stamp Something - Something Punchy


This photo is not too clever as my memory card for my camera has packed up on me with just under 300 photo's on it too, kids concerts, Bobby's first day at school and things like our trip to the zoo. But thankfully I use this card to put my blogging photo's on the computer and somehow I have a thingy on so that any new piccies added to the card automatically load onto my computer. Just got to get Scott, my eldest to put them onto discs now.

But my daughters camera is very basic and I have been into edit this and tweak it to get it somewhere as decent as I could.



Recipe:-

Stamps - House Mouse Bunny Boo Boo HMOR1035, Polkadoodles butterfly stamp

Papers - Quite Contrary Papers,

Colouring Mediums - Promarkers,

Tools - Nestie, cuttlebug, Sizzix die, flower punch, butterfly punch,

Embellishments - stickles, ribbon, gems,


It is the new challenge for this month October over at Sir Stampalot. The theme is Autumn Breezes, Buttons And Bows. The prize for this month is:-

Have a good week and thank you for popping by to visit.

Happy crafting

Tracy x

Under The Weather

This week at Polkadoodles the theme is to make your own embellishments. What more could I ask for my favourites red and gingham.
For my creation everything is from the NEW Sundae Of Seasons CD Rom, the embellies I have used are a button and bow from the CD rom and glazed with glossy accents as were the Wellies and Brolly. The flowers are punched with gems for centres. The sentiment is computer generated and matt and layered with holes punched at either end to thread two pieces of ribbon.

There's great DT creations to see too. The winner will receive a special blinkie for use on their blog and something scrummy from Polka Doodles! Runners-up will also receive Blinkies!


This is for the following challenge:-
Cute Card Thursday - challenge 133 - Make Your Own
Creative Inspirations - challenge 44 - Get Well Soon


Have a fantastic weekend and thank you for visiting my blog.
Happy crafting
Tracy x

Have Faith

Now onto this Fortnight's Challenge at an Oldie But A Goodie, which has been chosen by Me. The theme is "All creatures great and small", use an animal as the main feature". And there's a great animal stamp fot the winner too from Wilfreda Designs. And the rest of the team and GDT members have done some wonderful creations.

I have used one of my favourite stamped images from an image swap I did with a DT Buddy, It is House Mouse Somethings Fishy HMOR 1033, and I love it. I loved colouring it and it just fit this ticket I had with the word "Faith" on it.


I would like to enter this into the following challenges:-
1. A Spoonful Of Sugar - challenge 124 - Sparkle and Shine (stickles for fish bowl/water, gems in flowers, stickles on butterfly)
2. Creative Card Crew - Bloomin marvellous


A huge thank you to all the well wishes Bobby and I received. We are both over the tonsilitis now, just finishing off the antibiotics. As for my back well there's still twinges and it's a little hard to get going on a morning but once i'm moving around it eases up. I just need to make sure i'm not sat in the same position too long. I have come off all the medications as they made me too drowsy and i'm just taking Ibuprofen now.

Thank you ladies, your all fantastic.

Hope you all have a good week and thanks for popping by.
Happy crafting
Tracy x

A recipe for a great dress

A closer look at the gems on the dress.



At Die Cut Dreams this week it is a recipe of 4 flowers, gems, embossing and punching. I enjoyed using this stamp the recipe was fab too. I used a colour I don't use very often Purple and Lilac and a DL shape card that suited this stamp. The rest of the team have come up with fantastic creations, and always there's a great prize on offer, so please pop by and take a look.


This is also for the following challenges:-
1. Stamptacular Sunday - challenge # 79 - Layer it on - 5 layers - 1st layer lilac embossed, 2nd layer purple pattern, 3/4/5th is the three layers matted to the image.



Recipe:-

Stamps - Cassandra Creative Expressions oasis465j, Dovecraft sentiment,

Papers - Capsule range,

Colouring Mediums - H20's, Distress Inks,

Tools - Embossing folder, cuttlebug, flower punches,

Embellishments - gems, ribbon,


Have a great week and Thank you for popping by my blog.

Happy crafting

Tracy x

Christmas Gift Folder

This weeks Polkadoodles challenge is to do some fancy or intersting folding, So I have decided to do a gift folder that contains some Christmas cards. These were all made using the winter section from the new CD Sundae Of Seasons which you can buy here. What wonderful winter characters there is on the Cd too. The template for this folder was given to me from my very dear friend B x

The winner will receive a special blinkie for use on their blog and something scrummy from Polka Doodles! Runners-up will also receive Blinkies!


This is for the following challenges:-

1. One Stop Craft Challenge - Snowflakes

2. Creative Inspiration Wednesday - challenge 80 - Christmas In September

3. Paperplay challenges - week 39 - Hidden Extra

4. Totally Papercrafts - challenge # 36 - The Great Outdoors


I put this in an earlier post this morning, but just put it again incase you didn't see it in my last post - thank you
I have been struggling this last couple of weeks, last week I started with a bad back and was put on 4 lots of tablets, some very strong that made me terribly drowsy, I hate that feeling and it did make it hard to blog. Then Monday I woke up with a bit of a sore throat, by the afternoon I couldn't even swallow water, I managed to get in at the doctors and he said I had severe tonsilitis, they have even bled, which I didn't know could happen. Yesterday my 4 year old Bobby started with a virus which includes a sore throat, so it's probably from me, but he's at home with me and no school, and were giving each other lots of warm cuddles.

But hopefully i'm on the mend now, but feel I have missed so much in blogland and If I have done anything on the computer over this time it has been mainly DT Work. So a big apology for not visiting you and hopefully i'll back into the swing of things shortly.

Thank you for being so understanding and for all your well wishes.



Thank you for popping by, and have a good wekend

Happy crafting

Tracy x

Raindrops

I love this image so much, and I love colouring it. It is the new challenge for this month October over at Sir Stampalot. The theme is Autumn Breezes, Buttons And Bows. So I created this easel card, I used wooden buttons to go with the Autumn feel, and my Distress Inks got really good usage for this one. I have added stickles along the leaves, rain drops, ground and branch to make it look like rain, but as always it isn't showing very much on the photo.

The prize for this month is:-




I would like to enter this into the following challenges:-

1. Stamptacular Sunday - challenge # 78 - Seasons Change, Fall Colours

2. Simon Says Stamp - It's Autumn

3. ABC Challenge - E is for Easel card

4. Craftalicious - challenge 9 - Autumn Colours

5. Stampin For The Weekend - challenge 48




I have been struggling this last couple of weeks, last week I started with a bad back and was put on 4 lots of tablets, some very strong that made me terribly drowsy, I hate that feeling and it did make it hard to blog. Then Monday I woke up with a bit of a sore throat, by the afternoon I couldn't even swallow water, I managed to get in at the doctors and he said I had severe tonsilitis, they have even bled, which I didn't know could happen. Yesterday my 4 year old Bobby started with a virus which includes a sore throat, so it's probably from me, but he's at home with me and no school, and were giving each other lots of warm cuddles.

But hopefully i'm on the mend now, but feel I have missed so much in blogland and If I have done anything on the computer over this time it has been mainly DT Work. So a big apology for not visiting you and hopefully i'll back into the swing of things shortly.
Thank you for being so understanding and for all your well wishes.


Recipe:-

Stamp - House Mouse Autums Sprinkles HMTR1001, Sentiment Dovecraft,

Papers - My minds eye bloom and grow,

Colouring Mediums - Distress Inks, H20's

Tools - Nesties, cuttlebug,

Embellishments - Brads, organza ribbon, stickles, buttons, thread, flowers, All from stash



Thank you for popping by my blog, I appreciate every comment.

Happy crafting

Tracy x